The current practice housing policies of Malaysia and Nigeria did not highlight on the affordability of formal low cost … ascertained that the interplay of these three intangible socio economic elements is the major impediment that blocks affordability …. The policy makers and the residents submit that these affordability elements should be upheld in other to ensure formal …

affordability. This paper will focus on analyzing Lisbon´s affordability and understanding its main determinants. The analysis is … policies on the worsening of housing affordability. In view of these conclusions, the preponderance of the type of public … policies implemented and their relationship with the most prominent factors on housing affordability is debated. …